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One of the main uses for cleaning products is washing clothes and dishes. Each load of clothes and dishes requires water, and energy is often used to heat that water. While one load of laundry or dishes may seem like a small task, when you consider all the times we run the washing machine or dishwasher in a week and multiply that by all the households doing the same thing, it adds up!
The good news is that our washing machines and dishwashers are getting more efficient. In the…
In 2022 the American Cleaning Institute (ACI ) launched an initiative to define and drive the use of more sustainable feedstocks in cleaning ingredients and products throughout the industry. The initiative aims to increase the number of cleaning products on the market that use more sustainable feedstocks.
A sustainable feedstock is a raw or recycled material used to meet the requirements of the …
There's lots to teach about cleaning! The origins of personal cleanliness date back to prehistoric times. Since water is essential for life, the earliest people lived near water and knew something about its cleansing properties - at least that it rinsed mud off their hands. And clean hands keep you from sharing germs. Browse ACI's publications for teacher resources.
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Safe Kids Worldwide, American Cleaning Institute Provide Safety Advice for New Parents during Baby Safety Month
September is Baby Safety Month
This September, as part of Baby Safety Month, the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) and Safe Kids Worldwide are providing advice for parents and caregivers about safety best practices.
Parents and caregivers have many responsibilities but keeping their baby safe and healthy is a number one priority.…
The ambition we are striving for is for all cleaning product packaging to be circular.
Our Roadmap for getting there:
As an industry, we are committed to improving packaging design by ensuring packaging is recyclable or reusable, reducing virgin material use, and increasing post-consumer recycled (PCR) or renewably sourced content. In addition, we know we have a role to play in helping to evolve our systems of recovery. To …
Findings Indicate that Antiseptic Compounds Are Unlikely to Cause Adverse Ecological Impacts
Risk Analysis Framework May Be Adapted for Other Ingredients That Reach the Environment Through Down-the-Drain Pathways
Article Published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
The use of three topical antiseptic compounds – benzalkonium chloride (BAC), benzethonium chloride (BZT) and chloroxylenol (PCMX) – has increased due to the phase-out of other antimicrobial ingredients (such as triclosan)…
Martha Chapin
The following question was asked of 1,777 adults 18+ (664 men and 1,113 women). The independent consumer research study was completed online by Echo Research February 27-March 3, 2013, on behalf of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI). The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percent.How often, if at all, do you or someone in your household engage in spring cleaning? Every year (72%) – up 10%…
Longtime Industry Researcher and Scientist Honored at 91st American Cleaning Institute Convention
Recognized as "Strong Leader and Champion" for ACI
Washington, D.C. – January 26, 2017 – Dale Steichen, a recognized cleaning products industry researcher and scientist for more than three decades, is the 2017 recipient of the American Cleaning Institute’s (ACI) Elva…
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations:
1q10 Single day lowest flow over a 10-year period
7q10 Seven consecutive day lowest flow over a 10-year period
ACI American Cleaning Institute
CDR Chemical Data Reporting
CPIES Cleaning Product Ingredient Environmental Safety
ECHA European Chemicals Agency
ECOSAR Ecological Structure Activity Relationship
ECOTOX Ecotoxicology Knowledgebase
E-FAST Exposure and Fate Assessment…
st.atus of water euarity and point & Non-point sourcePollution in the Southeastern United States
by
sidney J. curran, paur J. DeFrahcisco, Andrew c. Reirly,
and Nicholas L. Clesceri
Nicholas t. Clesceri & AssociatesEnvironmental Engineers and ConsultantsLake Shore Drive, Bolton Landing, Ny IZ}J 4
Prepared for:
The Soap & Detergent Association
475 Pank Ar/enue, South
New York, Ny LO016
September 3, 1985
CONTENTS
EXECUTTVE SUMMARY
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INTRODUCTION
A. Background
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